China’s moon cotton experiment ends in freezing lunar night
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A cotton seedling that sprouted on the moon has been left to die as China's historic…
5 years ago
Environment
Human diet causing ‘catastrophic’ damage to planet: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The way humanity produces and eats food must radically change…
5 years ago
Bulgaria activists win case to save UNESCO-listed forest
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- Environmentalists in Bulgaria scored a victory Wednesday in a long-running court battle to prevent enlargement of…
5 years ago
WATCH: The artificial rain
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Videographic on artificial rain. Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an…
5 years ago
Australian towns among hottest spots on Earth as heatwave sizzles
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian towns were among the hottest places on Earth this week as a severe heat wave…
5 years ago
Romeo and Juliet: the last hopes to save Bolivian aquatic frog
by José Arturo CÁRDENAS Agence France Presse LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- Almost a year after conservationists sent out a…
5 years ago
‘Zebra’ tribal bodypaint cuts fly bites 10-fold: study
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Traditional white-striped bodypainting practiced by indigenous communities mimics zebra stripes…
5 years ago
Fixing the environment: when solutions become problems
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- In a world where climate change, air and water pollution,…
5 years ago
Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 16,000 desalination plants scattered across the globe produce…
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Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the…
5 years ago
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